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Acast

Acast is a podcast hosting, distribution, and advertising marketplace that helps creators publish shows, distribute to every major listening platform, and monetize through dynamic ad insertion and sponsorships. Acast exposes a documented public Publishing API for programmatically managing shows and episodes - listing shows and episodes, fetching details, and creating, updating, and deleting episodes - plus placing ad markers and receiving webhook notifications for events like new episode publications. The API is documented openly at developers.acast.com, but access is gated - an X-API-Key credential is issued by Acast's customer success team to accounts on the Ace plan or in the Acast Creator Network.

Acast publishes 4 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Ad Markers API, Episodes API, Shows API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Podcasts, Podcast Hosting, Publishing, Advertising, and Monetization.

The Acast catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Acast’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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29.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract
PodcastsPodcast HostingPublishingAdvertisingMonetizationMediaAudio

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Advertising Sales & Operations Management
BC-3760
Ad Markers
PATCH /shows/{showId}/episodes/{episodeId}/ad-markers

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0
Composite quality — 29.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 8.8 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 4.7 / 15
Access Clarity 1.0 / 15
Operational Transparency 1.6 / 10
Contract Governance 1.2 / 9
Discoverability 5.0 / 8
Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Pagination 0 / 5
Distinct Operations 3 / 3
MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6
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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
Podcasting 2.0 (open podcast namespace, measurement, hosting) standard 56.5 - -
TAG-Certified Ad Fraud and Brand Safety standard 56.5 - -

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI
measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Acast Webhooks

Register HTTP callback URLs to receive real-time notifications when events occur on your account - for example when a new episode is published. Webhooks are server-to-endpoint H...

Acast Ad Markers API

Place or update ad markers on an episode for dynamic ad insertion.

Acast Episodes API

Create, read, update, and delete episodes within a show.

Acast Shows API

Read podcast show metadata assigned to the API key's user.

Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Acast Publishing Ad Markers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Acast Publishing Ad Markers Episodes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Acast Publishing Ad Markers Shows API

OPEN COLLECTION

Acast API pricing

Not yet checked against Acast's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-05 from www.acast.com/en/pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Starter free —
Influencer paid —
Ace paid —
Acast Creator Network enterprise —

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Acast's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Acast Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Acast Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Acast Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Acast API Rules

57 rules · 55 error-severity 1 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Acast Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Acast Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Acast Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Acast Agentic Access

8 operations · 4 acting

8 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap
CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: acast
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/acast/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Acast
kind: company
description: Acast is a podcast hosting, distribution, and advertising marketplace that helps creators publish shows, distribute
  to every major listening platform, and monetize through dynamic ad insertion and sponsorships. Acast exposes a documented
  public Publishing API for programmatically managing shows and episodes - listing shows and episodes, fetching details, and
  creating, updating, and deleting episodes - plus placing ad markers and receiving webhook notifications for events like
  new episode publications. The API is documented openly at developers.acast.com, but access is gated - an X-API-Key credential
  is issued by Acast's customer success team to accounts on the Ace plan or in the Acast Creator Network.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/acast.png
x-docs-platform: postman
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-17
tags:
- Podcasts
- Podcast Hosting
- Publishing
- Advertising
- Monetization
- Media
- Audio
tags_raw:
- Podcasting
- Podcast Hosting
- Publishing
- Advertising
- Monetization
- Media
- Audio
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: acast:acast-webhooks-api
  name: Acast Webhooks
  tags:
  - Webhook
  - Event
  - Notification
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Notifications
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.acast.com/en/articles/3505461-what-is-a-webhook
  baseURL: https://api.acast.com
  properties:
  - url: https://learn.acast.com/en/articles/3505461-what-is-a-webhook
    type: Documentation
  description: Register HTTP callback URLs to receive real-time notifications when events occur on your account - for example
    when a new episode is published. Webhooks are server-to-endpoint HTTP callbacks, not a bidirectional or WebSocket transport.
    Available alongside the Publishing API on the Ace plan and Creator Network.
- aid: acast:acast-ad-markers-api
  name: Acast Ad Markers API
  description: Place or update ad markers on an episode for dynamic ad insertion.
  humanURL: https://developers.acast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.acast.com
  tags:
  - Ad Markers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acast-ad-markers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.acast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.acast.com/en/articles/5790019-acast-publishing-api
- aid: acast:acast-episodes-api
  name: Acast Episodes API
  description: Create, read, update, and delete episodes within a show.
  humanURL: https://developers.acast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.acast.com
  tags:
  - Episodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acast-episodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.acast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.acast.com/en/articles/5790019-acast-publishing-api
- aid: acast:acast-shows-api
  name: Acast Shows API
  description: Read podcast show metadata assigned to the API key's user.
  humanURL: https://developers.acast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.acast.com
  tags:
  - Shows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acast-shows-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.acast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.acast.com/en/articles/5790019-acast-publishing-api
common:
- url: https://www.acast.com/en/blog
  type: Blog
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/acast-capability-edges.yml
  name: Acast Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/acast-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/acast-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/acast-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/acast-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acast
- type: Website
  url: https://www.acast.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.acast.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/acast-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/acast-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/acast-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Acast API — frequently asked questions

Does Acast have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 4 APIs from Acast, including Acast Webhooks, Acast Ad Markers API and Acast Episodes API, and 1 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Acast API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for Acast, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Acast API?

Acast uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Acast Authentication.

How much does the Acast API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for Acast, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Acast API ready for AI agents?

Acast has a Kin Score of 29.3 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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